More Local National Guard Troops Arrive in Ft. Stewart

It was only supposed to ³³ take one day to reunite 700 ³³ national guard troops with ³ their families. ³³ Instead the homecoming ³³ has stretched over four ³³ days, and still some ³³ families have yet to be ³³ reunited with their ³³ soldiers. ³ But the waiting game came ³³ to an end for at least 70 ³³ guardsmen. ³ ³³ About 50 soldiers from ³³ the 3rd Battalion's, 124th ³ Infantry Headquarters ³ Company from Panama City ³³ arrived at Fort Stewart early Monday afternoon, along ³³ with more than 20 members of ³³ the Charlie Company, based ³³ in Chipley. ³³ But not all have been as ³³ lucky as these 70 troops. ³³ One local mother ³³ doesn't even know if ³³ her son will be back in time ³³ for homecoming celebrations ³³ back in the Panhandle. ³³ Sharon McMahon says while ³³ the National Guard ³³ told her her son, Chris ³³ Martin, would be in Ft. ³³ Stewart last Friday her son ³³ called over the weekend ³³ and told her he was still in ³³ Iraq. As of Monday night Martin is ³³ flying to another base ³³ stateside and should be home ³³ by Tuesday night. ³³ The National Guard says ³³ all of the 700 troops ³³ should be home in the next ³³ couple of days.Meanwhile people in Panama City are ³³ coming together to give the ³³ guardsmen a true heroes ³³ homecoming. ³³ ³³ Clear Channel Radio ³³ is passing out yellow ³³ ribbons and American flags ³³ at the Panama City ³³ Mall Tuesday from 6a.m. until ³³ 9a.m. and then in the ³³ afternoon from 3 to ³³ 6. ³³ They'll also be in ³³ Chipley in front of the ³³ Stage Store off of Highway ³³ 77 at the same time. ³³ And the Bay County Chamber of Commerce is encouraging people to ³³ decorate the route the ³³ guardsmen will take to the ³³ local armory.

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